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East Boston gas surge
The East Boston gas surge was a series of fires and at least one explosion that took place early on the morning of September 24, 1983, when an underground control that regulated the flow of natural gas failed, causing a surge of the fuel into the community of East Boston, Massachusetts. sudden swell of gas rushed into businesses and homes in the neighborhood, increasing the size of pilot lights] to as much as a foot high.
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